The Mekong river delta
Tribute to Laos Army 2009
travel around myanmar
Finding a place in chaung tha beach at the new year is not very easy. almost all the hotel are full of travelers during this time. some people just have to sleep at the houses in the villager. chaungtha villagers have opportunities to make some money this time as they can hire they house to the travelers. Some people just book one year ahead to get the sea view at the hotel in chaungtha. If you ar
Phnom Penh
After the grandeur of Angkor Wat we set out for the capitol of Cambodia Phnom Penh. One look at a guidebook and you might think we were headed for the kind of place you push heavy furniture against the hotel room door and just wait for the next bus out of town. However we were pleasantly surprised that we were neither robbed nor injured during our brief stay.After the 5 hour bus journey from
Siem Reap
We are writing this blog from Loas Vientiane to be exactWe made our way to Siem Reap where we had 2 nights organised at a hotel as part of our tour. Siem Reap is a city in the north of Cambodia. The city has some amazing hotels. We figured it must by on the tourist map as there are severla 5 star hotels in the city. We only had 1 full day in Siem Reap so it was spent on tour vieiwing the Temple
Don Det Siphadon 4000 Islands
We set out from Pakse to visit the 4000 islands. A group of islands that appear as the Mekong fans out on Laos’ southern border and into Cambodia.We had heard many reports of how laid back and beautiful these river islands were and although there were no beaches to speak of we were looking forward to being lazy in a hammock for a few days in the sun.The rain we had on the first day really took som
Champasak and Wat Phou
Post Islands and in need of a culture injection we headed to Champasak to see the Ancient Khmer ruins of Wat Phou.PreAngkor in age this impressive ruined templed complex sits in a sparsely populated province in Southern Laos.We arrived the day before visiting the temple at around 3 pm and found as it often the case in Laos ‘you have to wait til tomorrow to go temple’. Slow buses and short open
Mekong River
The Elusive Giant Catfish
SingaporeMalaysiaBangkok
Another adventure with my architect friends. All are set July 1519 we four of us Franie Mildred Winnie and Me have a scheduled holiday to Singapore Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. We did not arrange any land accomodation the only planned itinerary was the date of the travel but to hotels and where to go nothing was planned. Due to busy schedule during the previous week i never had the chance